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common polypody

Polypodium vulgare

Common polypody is a lovely fern that grows in shady places. Its bright green leaves look like little fans and can be found in forests and on rocks.

Lebensraum: Forests

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The common polypody has leathery, dark green fronds that are deeply lobed, giving them a ladder-like appearance. Its undersides are dotted with distinctive round, orange-brown spore cases called sori. It often grows in dense clumps, clinging to rocks or tree trunks with creeping rhizomes.

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Gefahr

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Interessante Fakten

Ancient people used parts of this fern to make herbal remedies for coughs and tummy aches!

Its roots taste faintly sweet, earning it the nickname 'licorice fern' in some places!

Polypody can grow high up in trees, sometimes even mistaken for mistletoe from below!

This fern doesn't make seeds; instead, it reproduces with millions of tiny, dust-like spores!

Besondere Fähigkeiten

Fähigkeit

Drought Dodger

common polypody can cling to rocks and tree bark, allowing it to grow where other plants often struggle for soil.

Fähigkeit

Wind Sprinter

common polypody has tiny, dust-like spores that are carried by the wind, helping it spread far and wide.

Fähigkeit

Winter Green

common polypody keeps its vibrant green fronds all year long, staying fresh even when other plants lose their leaves.

Maße und Details

Höhe
10-50 cm
Ausbreitung
20-100 cm
Essbar
Ja
Giftigkeit
Keine
Lebenszyklus
Mehrjährig

Ökologische Zusammenhänge

eats

black slug

Arion ater

Slugs occasionally feed on its leathery fronds.

depends on

European beech

Fagus sylvatica

Often grows in the shade or on bark of large trees.

symbiotic with

cypress-leaved plaitmoss

Hypnum cupressiforme

Shares moist microhabitats on rocks and tree bark.

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Sammlungen

Sicherheit

Gefahr

1/5 · Sehr gering

Don't eat any plants you find outside unless an adult says it's safe.

Häufig gestellte Fragen

Was ist der/die/das höhe von common polypody?

10-50 cm

Was ist der/die/das ausbreitung von common polypody?

20-100 cm

Was ist der/die/das essbar von common polypody?

Ja

Was ist der/die/das giftigkeit von common polypody?

Keine

Was ist der/die/das lebenszyklus von common polypody?

Mehrjährig

Wo findet man common polypody normalerweise?

Forests

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